East Side of Stamford in Western Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Stamford Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 17, 2010

1. Stamford Veterans Monument

Inscription.
[ inscription around the top ]
In Everlasting Memory of Stamford's Patriots 1641 – 1918

[ battle names inscribed in the panel between the fluted columns ]
1689 – 1763 Port Royal • Schenectady • Haverhill • Louisburg • Braddock's Defeat • Duquesne • Quebec 1775 – 1783 Lexington • Concord • Bunker Hill • Ticonderoga • Trenton • Saratoga • Bennington • Yorktown 1812 – 1814 Constitution Guerriere • Lake Erie • Chippewa • Lundy's Lane • Lake Champlain • Baltimore • New Orleans 1846 – 1848 Palo Alto • Monterey • Resaca De La Palma • Buena Vista • Vera Cruz • Chapultepec • Puebla 1917 – 1918 Cantigny • Lys • Vittorio-Veneto • Champagne • St. Mihiel • Belleau Wood • Montdidier • Noyon 1917 – 1918 Marne • Verdun • Aisne • Ypres • Chateau Thierry • Argonne • Meuse • Cambrai 1861 – 1865 Sumter • Bull Run • Antietam • Fredericksburg • Gettysburg • Chicamauga • Wilderness • Atlanta 1861 – 1865 Hampton Roads • Chattanooga • Shenandoah • Appomattox 1898 Manila Bay • San Juan • El Caney • Santiago

[ four bronze plaques are mounted around the base of the column listing names of Stamford Veterans ]

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World War I
[ 2,631 names are listed. The following 32 names have stars indicating they made the supreme sacrifice. ]
Frank Ahner • David P. Anderson • Charles H. Beehler • Arthur B. Camel • Joseph W. Chute • William P. Costello • John H. Coulter • Oscar H. Cowan • Robert F. Crandall • Floyd E. DeForest • John A. Donnelly • Michael G. Dora • John F. Fitzpatrick • James E. Fitzsimmons • Augusto Fornaciari • George Fortunis • Martin H. Gill • Lester Howard • Thomas Jordan • Michael Lagiora • Samuel Levine • Thomas J. Mathews • William H, Mayette • Frank Morgan • James F. Randall • Frank S. Rivers • Harold St. George • Walter T. Sharpe • Ralph L. Taylor • Samuel Tresser • Alex Voronowicz • Julius D. Wagner
Spanish-American War [ 144 names are listed. ]
Civil War [ 700 names are listed. ]
War of 1812 [ 190 names are listed. ]
Mexican War [ 6 names are listed. ]
Revolutionary War [ 493 names are listed. ]
Colonial and Indian Wars [ 277 names are listed. ]

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: War of 1812 • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary •

Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 17, 2010

2. Stamford Veterans Monument

War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1641.

Location. 41° 3.227′ N, 73° 31.963′ W. Marker is in Stamford in Western Region, Connecticut. It is in the East Side of Stamford. It is at the intersection of Grove Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Grove Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stamford CT 06901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

on the Gold Coast,

and in Greater Bridgeport.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Fairfield County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Stamford World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); St. John's Episcopal Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Congregational Church (approx. 0.3

Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 17, 2010

3. Stamford Veterans Monument

miles away); Stamford Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Stamford Lincoln (approx. 0.3 miles away); Freedom Shrine (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Settlement of Stamford in 1641 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Stamford Old Town Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stamford.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 17, 2010

4. Stamford Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, November 17, 2010

5. Stamford Veterans Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,420 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 26, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.